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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 5213 

To amend the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 

to require labor organizations to make certain disclosures to its members, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024 

Mr. CASSIDY introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To amend the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure 

Act of 1959 to require labor organizations to make certain disclosures to its members, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Union Members Right 

5 to Know Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE LABOR-MANAGEMENT RE2 PORTING AND DISCLOSURE ACT OF 1959. 

3 (a) REQUIRED DISCLOSURES.—Section 105 of the 

4 Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 

5 (29 U.S.C. 415) is amended— 

6 (1) by striking ‘‘Every’’ and inserting the fol7 lowing: 

8 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Every’’; and 

9 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(b) REQUIRED DISCLOSURES.— 

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Every labor organization 

12 shall provide to each member of the labor organiza13 tion, in accordance with paragraph (2), the fol14 lowing: 

15 ‘‘(A) A copy of this Act and a summary of 

16 each title of this Act. 

17 ‘‘(B) A summary of the rights of an indi18 vidual to seek, pursuant to title VII of the Civil 

19 Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e et seq.), 

20 a reasonable accommodation, based on the reli21 gious beliefs or practices of the individual, not 

22 to pay dues or fees to the labor organization. 

23 ‘‘(C) A summary of the rights of employees 

24 under the holding of the Supreme Court of the 

25 United States in Communications Workers v. 

26 Beck, 487 U.S. 735 (1988). 


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1 ‘‘(2) DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS.—Every 

2 labor organization shall provide the information 

3 under paragraph (1) by— 

4 ‘‘(A) mail or electronic mail— 

5 ‘‘(i)(I) to each employee who joins the 

6 labor organization on or after the date that 

7 is 90 days after the date of enactment of 

8 the Union Members Right to Know Act, 

9 not later than 30 days after the employee 

10 joins the labor organization; and 

11 ‘‘(II) to each member of the labor or12 ganization who was a member on the day 

13 before the date that is 90 days after the 

14 date of enactment of the Union Members 

15 Right to Know Act, not later than 1 year 

16 after such date of enactment; and 

17 ‘‘(ii) on an annual basis; and 

18 ‘‘(B) if the labor organization has a 

19 website, maintaining on the home-page of the 

20 website of the labor organization a hyperlink, ti21 tled ‘Union Member Rights and Officer Respon22 sibilities Under the LMRDA’, to the informa23 tion described under paragraph (1). 

24 ‘‘(3) COMPLIANCE.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) INITIAL COMPLIANCE.—Not later 

2 than 180 days after such date of enactment, 

3 every labor organization that is required to 

4 comply with paragraph (2)(B) shall submit to 

5 the Secretary a form signed by its president 

6 and treasurer, or corresponding principal offi7 cers, certifying that the labor organization has 

8 complied with the requirements of such para9 graph. 

10 ‘‘(B) ONGOING COMPLIANCE.—Not later 

11 than 18 months after such date of enactment, 

12 and on an annual basis thereafter, each labor 

13 organization shall submit to the Secretary a 

14 form signed by its president and treasurer, or 

15 corresponding principal officers, certifying that 

16 the labor organization has complied with the re17 quirements of paragraph (2).’’. 

18 (b) RIGHT NOT TO SUBSIDIZE LABOR ORGANIZA19 TION NONREPRESENTATIONAL ACTIVITIES.—Title I of 

20 the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 

21 1959 (29 U.S.C. 411 et seq.) is amended by adding at 

22 the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 106. RIGHT NOT TO SUBSIDIZE LABOR ORGANIZA2 TION NONREPRESENTATIONAL ACTIVITIES. 

3 ‘‘No employee’s labor organization dues, fees, assess4 ments, or other contributions shall be used or contributed 

5 to any person, organization, or entity for any purpose not 

6 directly related to the labor organization’s collective bar7 gaining or contract administration functions on behalf of 

8 the represented unit employee unless the employee mem9 ber, or nonmember required to make such payments as 

10 a condition of employment, authorizes such expenditure in 

11 writing, after a notice period of not less than 35 days. 

12 An initial authorization provided by an employee under 

13 the preceding sentence shall expire not later than 1 year 

14 after the date on which such authorization is signed by 

15 the employee. There shall be no automatic renewal of an 

16 authorization under this section.’’. 

17 SEC. 3. REGULATIONS. 

18 Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 

19 of this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall issue such regula20 tions as are necessary to implement the amendments made 

21 by section 2 of this Act. 

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